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At a General Meeting l a s t Tuesday, the Royal School of Mines' Union passed a motion r e f u s i n g t o be a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the N a t i o n a l Union of Students. T h i s f o l l o w e d one of the most s e r i o u s d i s c u s s i o n s t h a t has taken place at an R.S.M. Union M e t i n g . Even the Hon. Pornographer had n o t h i n g t o show w h i l e t h i s motion was under d i s c u s s i o n . I t was f i n a l l y passed by 83 votes t o 7, w i t h 8 abstentions. Having expressed t h e i r f e e l i n g about the M a t t e r , the R.S.M. w i l l presumeable remain q u i t e independent of any d e c i s i o n t h a t I.C. Union makes mt i t s next meeting.
The b u i l d i n g designed by Thomas C o l l c u t t o commemorate Queen V i c t o r i a ' s J u b i l e e i n 1887 w i l l have t o be removed t o raakeway f o r the expanding I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e . This i s the i m p l i c a t i o n of the answer t o the recent questions i n the House of Lords by the Chairman o f the Governing Body, Lord Falmouth. The Government do not i n t e n d t o l e t a n y t h i n g stand i n the way of i n c r e a s i n g the number of t e c h n i c a l students.
. The N.U.S. are having a house to house c o l l e c t i o n t o r a i s e £30,000 f o r a student h o s t e l I n London. T h i s w i l l be i n the week preceding t h e i r f l a g day on 25th February.
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Kenneth Edward Weale spent hts undergraduate days a t Aberyswyth, where he obtaine d a f i r s t i n Chemistry, and, a f t e r a b r i e f e x c u r s i o n i n t o i n d u s t r y , came t o I.C. as r e s e a r c h student i n 1946. His cunning and methodical b r a i n caused him t o p l a n h i s r e s e a r c h programme w i t h great c a r e . He spent j u s t over two years doing e x p e r i m e n t a l work, then he performed s u p e r f l u o u s c o n f i r m a t o r y e x p e r i m e n t a l work u n t i l the summer, so t h a t he c o u l d combine w r i t i n g h i s t h e s i s w i t h spending every day a t Lord's o r F.'arlington. He i s one o f t h e few members o f s t a f f who take an a c t i v e i n t e r e s t i n Union a f f a i r s . He i s the Hon. T r e a s u r e r o f I.C. Union as w e l l as P r e s i d e n t o f t h e C r i c k e t Club and a V i c e - P r e s i d e n t o f the Rugby f o o t b a l l Club, Students w i l l be r e l i e v e d t o hear t h a t t h e i r T r e a s u r e r i s very t h r i f t y : - even Mrs. Robinson c l a i m s t h a t i t took her f i v e years t o cadge a s h e r r y from him. In h i s student days Ken gained a p u r p l e i n both boxing and rugger. He has t w i c e been w i t h I.C. Rugger c i u b t o D e l f t , some o f whose students b e l i e v e hi a t o be the hero o f the fanous o l d E n g l i s h rugger song "Round and round went the b l y great Wheel." He s i t s on the Middlesex Rugby Committee. Perhaps Weale has achieved most n o t o r i e t y i n his a c t i v i t i e s as a c r i c k e t e r , i n which c a p a c i t y he modestly s t y l e s h i m s e l f "The Great Doctor." He bats w i t h a r a r e and g r a c e f u l a r t i s t r y , h i s most impressive] s t r o k e , which he f r e q u e n t l y b r i n g s i n t o p l a y , i s a f i r m forward push wide of mid-on, which sends the b a l l over the s l i p s ' h e a d s f o r two. H i s i n n i n g s have v a r i e d from b r i l l i a n t t o d i s m a l : on one s i n g u l a r a c c a s i o n he s t r u c k 67 not out ( i n c l u d i n g s i x s i x e s ) i n 29 minutes. In another i n n i n g s he spent over twenty minutes i n s c o r i n g nought. H i s b o w l i n g prowess i s r a t h e r an unknown q u a n t i t y : l a s t year the o n l y occasion on which he was put on to bowl was i n a Sunday match, when he himself,was captain. His a l e r t n e s s o f mind, so e s s e n t i a l t o a c r i c k e t e r was demonstrated when he narrowly a v e r t e d a road a c c i d e n t by changing the c a r he was d r i v i n g s t r a i g h t from f o u r t h gear i n t o r e v e r s e . His l i k e s a r e Devonshire cream, which he has been known t o consume at 4lb. a t a t i m e , and c a t s . He i s e v a s i v e about h i s d i s l i k e s , hut c l a i m s t h a t h i s most i n f u r i a t i n g experience was when g i v e n out lbw by W.P. Goss a t Cambridge. His q u a l i f i c a t i o n s as sub-warden o f t h e H o s t e l are l e g i o n . H i s d i g n i f i e d and b u r l y appearance once caused him t o be mistaken f o r the house d e t e c t i v e i n a l a r g e Torquay h o t e l . I t i s rumoured t h a t i n the days o f h i s e a r l y youth he attempted, w h i l s t * l i v i n g i n a h o s t e l , t o s a i l across a pond i n t h e grounds i n a wardrobe drawer. He has been known to r e f e r t o the H o s t e l as a "Palace o f S p o r t . " One way and another Weale gets through a vast amount of work. One c o u l d o n l y wish t h a t more members o f s t a f f were prepared t o devote so much time and energy t o the e x t r a - c a r r i c u l a r a c t i v i t i e s of c o l l e g e l i f e as he i s . -
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Dear S i r , W h i l s t browsing through the back numbers of the M i n i s t r y o f Education r e p o r t s , student funds; t h e l e g a l aspect o f ; I was s t r u c k by t h s l a c k o f f o r s i g h t and i m a g i n a t i o n shown i n t h e M i n i s t r y . The r e p o r t s d e a l w i t h l o t t e r i e s , p o o l s plans (and t h i s i n c i d e n t l y , makes most i n t e r e s t i n g r e a d i n g . There was one case where the P r i n c i p a l o f a famous u n i v e r s i t y won £75000, and promptly absconded w i t h the funds - but t h a t i s d i g r e s s i n g ) , c h a r i t y 'Rags', s p o r t i n g and c u l t u r a l e n t e r t a i n m e n t (a s o r t o f open day so t h a t the man i n the s t r e e t can see how h i s money i s b e i n g s p e n t ) . Now and then a l a r g e "help the poor d e s i t u t e s t u d e n t " campa i n i s o r g a n i s e d - but t h i s g e n e r a l l y f a i l s i n i t s aim, f o r i t seems t h a t t h e only person who wants to h e l p a poor d e s i t u t e student i s another poor d e s t i t u t e student . As I have a l r e a d y s a i d , t h e r e e x i s t s a c o n s i d e r a b l e l a c k o f f o r s i g h t among the people whose duty l i e s i n r a i s i n g money f o r s t u d e n t s . I am a n a t u r a l l y l a z y man, and as such, I n a t u r a l l y l o o k f o r l e s s e n e r g e t i c - and more c e r t a i n - ways of r a i s i n g the necessary f i n a n c e s . "Why," I ask myself "why cannot t h e e x i s t i n g s i t e s of b u i l d i n g s be used t o advantage? The ins ides are used - why not use t h e o u t s i d e s ? " And f o l l o w i n g t h i s t r a i n of thought, I stumbled upon the answer which has been found everywhere but here. Advertisments a r e l e g i o n - l o o k a t P i c a d i l l y C i r c u s , where, every a v a i l a b l e v e r t i c a l (and sometimes h o r i z o n t a l ) area has been used t o a d v e r t i s e . Why cannot some o f our c o l l e g e b u i l d i n g s be t r e a t e d i n the same way? We've never thought o f i t - t h a t i s the answer.
AESTHETIC YET UTILITARIAN - NEW-LOOK FOR THE HUXLEX. And the a e s t h e t i c need not be s a c r i f i c e d f o r the u t i l i t a r i a n . No, indeed, t h e c u l t u r a l value o f the b u i l d i n g s can be enhanced by d i s c r i m i n a t e a d v e r t i s i n g . Take the B e i t B u i l d i n g , f o r i n s t a n c e . A l a r g e , f u l l lengh p o s t e r f o r "Luxuryfoam" mattresse s a t 1st f l o o r l e v e l , l a d i e s garments t o the west, gentlemen's underwear t o the e a s t , and crowning a l l , a " P e r s i l washes w h i t e r " i n neon l i g h t s . Put a "Drink more m i l k , and keep f i t " on the new A e r o n a u t i c a l and Chemical Engineering B u i l d i n g - and the students keep f i t w h i l e Mr. Mooney s e l l s more m i l k , makes more p r o f i t , and lowers the p r i c e o f meals even more. I t works from every angle, as the Americans say. Yours, e t c . Albert L e n t i l .
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On the f i r s t page, i t i s mentioned t h a t the N a t i o n a l Union of Students a r s a n n e a l i n g f o r funds f o r a H o s t e l t o r v p i a e s the one they must vacate t h i s summer. T h i s w i l l o f f e r improved f a c i l i t i e s f o r f o r i e g n and p r o v i n c i a l -tudents i n t r a n s i t through London o r v i s i t i n g f o r a few days. A p r o p o s a l was made at the l a s t I.C. General Meeting t h a t the Union should r e j o i n the N.U.S.. and s i n c e the President s a i d such a motion needed n o t i c e , i t has been f o r m a l l y submitted f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n at the next Union Meeting, I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e has been a member of the N.U.S., but l e f t f o r v a r i o u s p o l i t i c a l reasons, The Union o f f i c e r s have always f e l t i t t h e i r , duty t o p r o v i d e f o r the s o c i a l and a t h l e t i c a c t i v i t i e s i n the C o l l e g e , and t o a v o i d associ a t i o n w i t h anything b e a r i n g a p o l i t i c a l t a g . Thus we l e f t N.U.S. a f t e r a very s h o r t members h i p i n T939 when i t suggested t h a t a l l students s h o u l d have exemption from m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e , and thejr should r e g i s t e r as p a c i f i s t s t o achieve t h i s end. I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e j o i n e d a g a i n a f t e r the war, though the Royal School of Mines r e f u s e d t o be a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h i s ac t of the ipa'rent; union. F o l l o w i n g the r e d scare years a f t e r the B e r l i n a i r l i f t , the C o l l e g e l e f t a g a i n because o f the p o l i t i c s of the N.U.S., who had sent i t s o f f i c e r s t o Moscow. The Royal C o l l e g e o f Science remained a member f o r a f u r t h e r two y e a r s . The c o s t t o the C o l l e g e at present t o be a member of N.U.S. would be one s h i l l i n g per head, though t h i s w i l l i n c r e a s e t o l / 3 d . next y e a r . I n d i v i d u a l students may be members f o r 10/- per year. The advantage of b e i n g i n N.U.S. must be c o n s i d e r e d t o see what value we get f o r t h i s sua. I t g i v e s the C o l l e g e s o c i e t i e s a chance t o take p a r t i n v a r i o u s c o n t e s t s and f e s t i v a l s : debating, drama and f o l k - d a n c i n g are the c h i e f current a c t i v i t i e s . I n d i v i d u a l s can get cheap t r a v e l f a c i l i t i e s through c h a r t e r e d a i r c r a f t , though these are a v a i l a b l e o u t s i d e the N.U.S., and h o l i d a y t o u r s are a l s o organised by other t r a v e l bureaus, A l a b o u r exchange i s p r o v i d e d f o r v a c a t i o n work, though s i n c e many I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e students must have t e c h n i c a l t r a i n i n g , t h i s i s not so u s e f u l . One must pay e x t r a f o r t h i s s e r v i c e of the N.U.S. and i t s o r g a n i s a t i o n appears t o be too bureaucratic;, but no doubt i t provides a s e r v i c e f o r those l a c k i n g i n i t i a t i v e . What i s probably the most important advant- . age i s t h a t i t gives students recognised representa t i v e s . At present the N.U.S. c l a i m t o represent 75* of the students of t h i s country. With a 100% support they c o u l d command more r e s p e c t . They have been recognised by the government t o the extent of s e r v i n g on v a r i o u s M i n i s t r y of Educa t i o n committees. Although t h i s might be decreed as a p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i t y , i t gives s t u d e n t s , o r at l e a s t t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a chance t o express t h e i r views. The present P r e s i d e n t of N.U.S. i s a Conserv a t i v e . Hence the c l o s e l i a s o n w i t h the Government and the support f o r a f f i l i a t i o n by the Conserva t i v e s i n the C o l l e g e . Other members of N.U.S. and p o s s i b l y f u t u r e P r e s i d e n t s have opposing p o l i t i c s , and hence the S o c i a l i s t s i n the C o l l e g e support a f f i l i a t i o n . Both s i d e s seem c o n f i d e n t that theirs w i l l dictate policy. Whether I.C. Union j o i n s and i s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h one s i d e or the o t h e r , or whether i t preserves i t s p o l i t i c a l independence w i l l be decided at the next General Meeting.
AN INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE concerning a nop a r k i n g s i g n has been p a s s i n g between the I.C. and Cambridge Boxing Clubs f o l l o w i n g the match at Cambridge. We vnderstaad t h a t the s i g n has now been r e t u r n e d , w i t h an a d d i t i o n a l i n s c r i p t i o n " w i t h the compliments of I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e .
THE OLD BOGEY. 85% of a l l h i g h s c h o o l graduates i n Spain e n t e r a c o l l e g e or u n i v e r s i t y ; however, i n comparison w i t h the number of f i r s t semester . s t u d e n t s , o n l y a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l persentage completes i t s u n i v e r s i t y t r a i n i n g : at the m e d i c a l f a c u l t y 58%, at the j u d i c i a l 49%, a r t s 48%, v e t e r i n a r y 40%, pharmacy 38%, n a t u r a l s c i e n c e 25% and at the f a c u l t y f o r p o l i t i c a l and economic s c i e n c e o n l y 11%, ( R e v i s t a de Educacion, Madrid )
THE SOCIALIST SOCIETY hope t o h o l d a s p i r i t u a l i s t meeting t o which George Bernard Shaw and Lenin have been i n v i t e d .
THE WRONG IDEA. Any member of the Carleton C o l l e g e Students' A s s o c i a t i o n found d r i n k i n g a l c o h o l i c beverages on c o l l e g e p r o p e r t y w i l l be brought before the C o l l e g e J u d i c i a l Committee a c c o r d i n g t o a recent d e c i s i o n of the Student C o u n c i l . Punishment w i l l range from f i n e s to> e x p u l s i o n from the Students' A s s o c i a t i o n . ("The C a r l e t o n " , Ottawa)
SAYING OF THE WEEK. " I w i l l l o o k at any a d d i t i o n a l evidence t o confir m the o p i n i o n t o which I have a l r e a d y come"- Mr. Hugh Molson, P a r l i a m e n t a r y S e c r e t a r y , M i n i s t r y of Transport.
THE WOMENS' COLLEGES: I am q u i t e aware t h a t ther e are a number of e r r o r s i n my guide i n the l a s t e d i t i o n and w h i l e a p o l o g i s i n g , would n e v e r t h e l e s s l i k e t o remind my c r i t i c s of the d i f f i c u l t i e s i n h e r e n t i n such a survey. For example, I f e a r t h a t ther e i s one e r r o r due t o the f a c t t h a t the f i l l y who gave me the i n f o r m a t i o n on one c o l l e g e was t r y i n g t o dispose of my a t t e n t i o n s at the time. As G do not t h i n k there are any e r r o r s due to a converse t r e n d i n my a f f a i r s (no p l a c e s t a t e d as s t a y i n g open a l l n i g h t ) , I am t h a n k f u l to "Hop Happy" f o r reminding me about the Nurses' Homes (the E d i t o r t e l l s me you don't need t o go f u r t h e r than one Nurses' Home and he seems t o know). But r e t u r n i n g to the e r r o r s , a number of people have wrongly c o n t r a d i c t e d me.begause the r e g u l a t i o n s had changed s i n c e they l a s t knew the p l a c e ; r e g u l a t i o n s change q u i t e f r e q u e n t l y (when they are t i g h t e n e d up, t h e r e i s u s u a l l y a good s t o r y somewhere). TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT. Reviewing the f i l m "0 Dreamland", John Gale w r i t e s i n the Observer: "On e n t e r i n g Dreamland, the amusement park, you are f i r s t i n v i t e d to see a model of the e l e c t r i c c h a i r which d e a l t w i t h the Rosenbergs, the atom s p i e s ; then "Torture through the Ages""You must see t o r t u r e by burning o i l " implores an unctuous v o i c e , "your c h i l d r e n w i l l love i t " . The grotesque dummy of a policeman laughs madly throughout". Does Mines t h i n k that t h i s i s innocuous compared w i t h s a c r i f i c i n g v i r g i n s at a Potlatch?
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Dear S i r , In ths Autumn Number of Phoenix and the last two issues of Felix there hare appeared comments on some of the problems confronting the Social Clubs Committee, both at the present time and when the expansion scheme i s ocmplete. The most notable thing about these comments i s that while much space i s devoted to the pros and cons of schemes for decentralisation, very l i t t l e i s said about the problems themselves. The writers of the previous artloles are no doubt well aware of the problems involved, but i n my view we must know exaotly what has to be solved before any off the discussion about possible solutions can become! profitable. As I see i t , the S.C.C.'s d i f f i c u l t i e s may be classified under three main headings: 1) Finance, 2) Representation, 3) Administration, and i t i s by their effect on these that any sohemes for reorganisation or limitation of membership must ba judged. Muoh lias already been argued about the intrinsic merits of small specialised or sectarian clubs as opposed to larger ones catering for many points of view, and I do not intend to add any more to this discussion. I must, however, say that i n my opinion i t should be a basio prinoiple that any group of people with a oommon interest i s entitled to form i t s e l f into an o f f i c i a l I.C. club, provided that the problems outlined below can be overcome. In other words, there should be no question of preventing the formation of clubs as a matter of prinoiple. The financial problem i s certainly the most acute ana. Money for the various clubs i 3 granted i n bulk to the S.C.C. by Union Counoil and i t i s the unenviable task of the S.C.C. executive to divide this amount f a i r l y between the clubs, according to their estimated needs. I t i s a l ready necessary for some of the clubs' own estimates to be reduced to prevent dejui>nd «uu><jeding available supply, and one of the arguments against the formation of new clubs i s that they can be financed only at the expense of existing ones. Ho doubt more money w i l l be available as the Onion, increases i n size, but the needs of existing clubs may also be expected to increase, and i f the increase i n numbers leads to the need for several new clubs the position w i l l grow steadily worse. If the reasonable assumption i s made that the money for social activities i s never likel y to be unlimited, any ' solution to the problem of finance would seem to require the introduction of a system by whioh the money allocated to each olub could be impartially assessed i n relation to i t s contribution to College l i f e . A possible alternative would be the creation of certain olubs prepared to have a l l the advantages of o f f i c i a l recognition save that of Unfortunately, the f i r s t of support from Union funds. these alternatives demands a person or committee with Solomen -like qualities, and the second presupposes a rather radical change i n human nature. However, I think i t i s along these lines that a solution w i l l have to be sought. The size of the*.CO., and i t s composition, present the second main problem. The efficiency of any committee tends to f a l l off i n proportion to i t s size, and i t i s d i f f i c u l t to reoonoile this with the need for representation This w i l l of oourse become worse as of a l l interests. each new club i s formed. There i s also the potential danger that i f a large number of small clubs were represented the voting of the committee might on occasion not represent the opinion of the majority of club members. These problems seem to c a l l for some form of reorganisation, but whatever form this takes i t i s unlikely to please everybody. Finally, there i s the problem of administration. This i s really an aspect of the size problem, for the large numbers greatly increase the normal executive work of a committee. Arising from this i s the danger that, with the best of intentions and through sheer necessity, work whioh should be done by the whole committee has to be l e f t to the executive. This may create the feeling that the oommittee i s controlled by i t s executive and that i t i s i t s e l f there only to advise and not to make decisions. 1
Tour l e a d e r i n the l a s t F e k i x suggests t h a t you b e l i e v e an i n t e r e s t i n c u l t u r e t o be waning at I.C. T h i s i s not borne out by Onion L i b r a r y statistcs. Based on the r a t h e r s c a n t y f i g u r e s a v a i l a b l e , d u r i n g the p e r i o d 1930-39 about 6.5 % of the student p o p u l a t i o n ware members o f the Union L i b r a r y , During 1945-54, the correspondin g average f i g u r e i s almost 18* and i s s l o w l y r i s i n g . I know t h a t t h e r e are o t h e r f a c t o r s than an i n t e r e s t i n c u l t u r e t o account f o r t h i s almost t h r e e f o l d i n c r e a s e i n r e a d i n g . However, a l t h o u g h the L i b r a r y Committee deplores the f a c t , t h a t o n l y one student i n f i v e take s the t r o u b l e t o borrow books from u s , t h e r e i s every i n d i c a t i o n t h a t present day students are more i n t e r e s t e d i n g e n e r a l r e a d i n g than were t h e i r predecessors of almost a g e n e r a t i o n ago. Take hope. S i r . Remember, t h e r e was not even a " F e l i x " s i x ( ? ) years ago. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , P e t e r Rowe Chairman, Union L i b r a r y Committee
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Dear S i r , I would l i k e t o c o n g r a t u l a t e you f o r h a v i n g p u b l i s h e d i n " F e l i x " Nelson's "Guide t o the Womenrts C o l l e g e s " . However, though t h i s guide has been s a d l y needed f o r a l o n g t i m e . I f e a r t h a t i t i s i n complete and i n one i n s t a n c e even wrong. There are c e r t a i n l y more than f o u r t e e n women's c o l l e g e s i n London w i t h i n f a i r l y easy reach o f I.C. and I hope t h a t i n the near f u t u r e a complete guide can be drawn up g i v i n g more i n f o r m a t i o n . F o r i n s t a n c e , how many people know where the F r o e b e l Education I n s t i t u t i o n i s ? A l s o t h i s guide c o u l d be widened t o take i n Nurse's Homes and g i v e warningto which t o a v o i d . Yours E t c . "Hop
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REDUNDANT U.L.U. CARDS? R.C.S. Union Lounge February 5th. 1956 Dear S i r , Much has r e c e n t l y been s a i d of the u s e l e s s n e s s of the U.L. union cards i s s u e d l a s t term. I contend t h a t these cards w i l l i n time prove t h e i r worth and should t h e r e f o r e be kept. I used my c a r d r e c e n t l y y not f o r i t s primary purpose but t o g a i n admission t o the union premises of another u n i v e r s i t y . No doupt I s h a l l be a b l e t o f i n d f u r t h e r uses f o r my c a r d ; such as o b t a i n i n g cheap student r a t e s f o r entrance t o shows o f e x h i b i t i o n s . On t h e o t h e r hand my C o l l e g e Union Card has been c a r e f u l l y p r e s e r v e d a l o n g w i t h my N a t i o n a l S e r v i c e R e g i s t r a t i o n Card and has o n l y seen the l i g h t of day when the Year Rep. l a feWeed t o s i g n i t . Yours f a i t h f u l l y , Card F i d d l e r
I have tried to outline the main problems of the S.C.C. (whioh are probably shared to some extent by other Union organisations) as I see them, and I do not pretend to know any of the answers to them, i f indeed satisfactory ones exist. I hope no one w i l l accuse me of casting reflections on the work of the S.C.C. or of any of i t s officers or members, because that i s net my intention, nor have I any axs to grind. These comments w i l l have achieved their purpose i f they stimulate members of the Union to thought and discussion about a problem whioh closely concerns them and their successors.
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F r i d a y 10th. February Today F e l i x on s a l e I.C.W.A. General Meeting. 1.15 p.m. I.C.W.A.lounge E.C. Photographic S o c i e t y : Botany L e c t u r e Theatre 5.15 p.m. 'In Support of Record.' T.B Mobey. I.C.S.C.M. 1.10 p.m. Room 128 C.& G. P a t t e r n of C h r i s t i a n t h i n k i n g . I l l l ' C a t h o i i c a l i s m ' b y F r . Gordon P h i l i p s . Radio S o c i e t y P r e s i d e n t i a l Address.Roam IS C.&G. 5.15p.m. Annual Dinner* A y r t o n B a l l 7 - 10p.m. Mines C a r n i v a l - Dreamland.
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You nay see reported elsewhere ( i f the s t a f f are up t o I t ) the v i s i t of the MOTOR CLUB to Coventry to t o u r the works of Jaguar Cars and Triumph Motorc y c l e s , as one of the v i s i t o r s put i t , by the t i n e the average Oulldsaan i s able to a f f o r d such as an IX 140, seen t a i a u e n g l i t t e r i n g quantity a t Jaguar'*, ha I s past the age when he would appreciate the owne r s h i p t o the f u l l . That nay be so. f r a n k l y we are I n c l i n e d to think t h a t most of those nadaen are f a r h a t t e r handicapped by the Junk they now possess. - And what w i l l happen when the compulsory t e s t i n g of v e h i c l e s i s enforced ? I t may be the end of an sea o f comfortable c o u r t i n g enjoyed by most of the lucky g i r l s who have boy friends w i t h c a r s . l e ear be accused of 'sour grapes', but we s t i l l t h i n k i t would be a good t h i n g .
Saturday 11th. February. Overseas Students T r i p t o Windsor and Eaton, Depart from Union at 10.70 a.m.,cost 5/6. Touchstone Weekend,'Understanding U.S.A. as a World Power.' Monday 15th. February. „_ — I . i T . C . U . M e t a l l u r g y L e c t u r e Theatre 1.15p.m. Open Meeting Mr. L e s l i e L y a l l •Is C h r i s t i a n i t y For A l l Races?' Tuesday 14th. February. — S t . V a l e n t i n e ' s Day.- index cards on s a l e at the Bookstall. Railway S o c i e t y . Room 161 C.& G. 5.40 p.m. A.L. Gordon E s q . ' T r a i n i n g Underground S t a f f P h i l o s o p h i c a l Group. Committee Room B. 12.30p.m. 'Modern P h i l o s o p h y ' Gordon P h i l i p s . Sandwiches on s a l e I.C. M u s i c a l Eve. G a l l e r y p a r t y t o S a d l e r ' s W e l l s . Wednesday 15th. February. I.C. MusicaU. S o c i e t y . G a l l e r y P a r t y t o S a d l e r ' s Wells Don G i o v a n n i Thursday 16th. February. I.C. Photographic S o c i e t y . Botahy L e c t u r e Theatre 1.10 p.m. Kodak F l l m s t r i p L e c t u r e : Photographing Buildings. E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y . C&G Room 15 5.30 p.m. Student paper by A.M. Ghosh " R u r a l Water S u p p l i e d ! I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a t i o n s Club and J e w i s h Soc. I s r a e l i Evening. Ayerton H a l l , 7.30pm. Free. Songs, Dances, T a l k , F i l m , Samples of produce. M a r x i s t Group. 1984 and A l l That.' Dram Soc. P a r t y t o Phoenix P e t e r Brooks p r o d u c t i o n of Hamlet (5/-) F r il d a y 17th. February. Februe T.r.S.C.W. 1.10 P.M. Room 128 C.& G.Talk Wine t a s t i n g S o c i e t y : New Lounge 5.15 p.i Marriage" Moselle. F i l m S o c i e t y . 6.45 p.m. C & G Room 04 "Adams R i b ? - K a t h a r i n e Hepburn and Spencer Tracy "Romance o f T r a n s p o r t a t i o n . F i l m board of Canada Motor Club Night R a l l y . S t a r t 9.30p.m. D e t a i l s from n o t i c e board. U.L.Y.H.A. Coach t r a p t o North-Wales - Weekend. Saturday 18th. February. Dancing Club Hop. Ayerton H a l l I.C. J a z z Band and Clubmen's S e p t e t .
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We are informed by that e x c e l l e n t women's magasi n e , SaattifX, t h a t the U.L.U. annual general westi n g , adjourned on Dec. 5th., was declared inquorate on reassembling on Jan 26th. P r e t t y poor support we nust say. But we are t o l d , on the sane page, t t h a t the meeting was to be reconvened on Tuesday Feb.14th. - a f o r t n i g h t a f t e r the announcement - AT A PLACE TO BJS ANNOUNCED LATER. I f Mr. Alec Leaver give* us such short n o t i c e , what does he expeet but s n a i l attendance.
T Saturday I l t h . February (H) Hockey v7~-Reading Football v. Nottingham (A) Rugger v. Keble C o l l e g e (H) I.C.C.C.C. v. Kings C o l l e g e W I.C.W.A. N e t b a l l v. Northern P o l y
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Monday 20th. Februar_ February. I.C.L .u. Open meeting Theatre i ; ^ ; . ; " ' *»t "«rgical L e c t u r e Dr. O.H. B a r c l a y . "Why B e l i e v e i n God?" J
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Thursday 23rd. February. E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y . Room 15 C.&G. ft.I5p.m. •Design of High Performance Engines' By P e t e r Berthon o f B.R.M. L t d . F r i d a y 2 4 t h February. FElTX ON SALE AgA'In. I.C.S.C.M. 1.10 P.M. Room 128 C&G "the Problem of E v i l and P a i n . " I.C. Photographic S o c i e t y . Botany L e c t u r e Theatre 1.15 p.m. P e t e r Greyson " P o r t r a i t u r e " E n t r i e s f o r Rectors Cup - l a s t d a t a .
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Two weeks ago, o w a bBBflriily- andrlaa ootarse.. of 7 i sriiloa at Coxtie Cknen, John Brans (l»C } Beat D.J.P. Richards (U.C. ) ay one ssocssi to k£b the rsoe. O.C, hOTrawsr, jjieuved smjjieji hse o« the whols, and again iwmnrtftcL off t2se 1bea» tanapligf, wJLth Jmpearfial second place. l a s t Saturday, 'both I.C. aid TJ.C tsaneUad d o n t o Bciscases. Beth I.C. and TT.C were rather weak an this occasion, 'bat t h i s time we had the upper hand, thus having the satisfaction of cranking UtCls 100$ record M a season. Ins: course was S-A- sales of h i l l and snow, and i t was unfortunate that Fain and C o t t e r i l l , well i n the lead at the halfMray mark, should have gone; off course, thereby losing several places. The match was won by the Tortoises (there oast be a moral i n this) with some fine packing near* the head of the f i e l d . Soaring members a£ the I.C. teem were: Fain(2nd.),Cotterill(7th) BJeller(,13th.),Wall(l4th. },Aneell(l6th.), and Dearden(l8th,) 1. Canard Tortoises 60 points.
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N Cte Wednesday, February 3rd., the Judo Club met L.S.B. st the Budokwai. Seven members of eacfc club faced one another across the mat i n almost arctic conditions. The referee ess Mr. Palmer, 4th Dan, of the Budokwai. The f i r s t two contests were over quickly, for Shepperd sad Williams, of I.C., both scored rapidly with ankle throws. Garb who followed them was beaten, while Seth beat a tough opponent after a struggle. Hacpherson just failed to bring off two sweeping ankle throws, so he deoided i t was no time for half measures and crashed his opponent f l a t en to the mat with Uohimata (inner thigh throw). Rodwell I.C. Captain scored with Haraigoshi (sweeping l o i n throw). The result of an enjoyable match against less experienced opponents was a win for I.C. with 5 contests to 1 against , and one drawn. The next Judo match w i l l Be at home with Cambridge University on Feb.18th.
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Four of ths team representing the University against Cambridge on January 20th were from the college, namely IS. Halsey (R.S.M.) L.E. Palmer (R.O.S.), H. HcKenzie (Oftffi) and J.(B. Baker (C&G) who oppeared under the alias of J.C. Bolsen i n the 'Sennet' report. Palmer, intending to weigh-in as a/bantam, finished ttp overweight as a feather and boxed a lightweight, found that, i n spite of his many appearances as Physical Training Instructor to a l l and sundry i n the temporary gymnasium, he was not f i t enough to f e l l his t a l l opponent and only managed to last out the three rounds to lose on, points. Be had one compensation, however; the bout stopped his toothache mere effectively then many tablets he had been taking. Halsey at light,welterweight, wearing an outstanding striped singlet, showed considerable a b i l i t y against a f i t and more experienced boxer i n Gillham (Christs'). Although beaten to the punoh by his opponents faster l e f t hand at long distance he many times showed himself to be the master; at close quarters. Overkeeness, to use a right hand i n the last round probably lost the I. C. man a close decision am points. MoKenzie (C&G) welter weight, proved to be the fdrst Winner both for I. C. and the University. Showing tremendous improvement on his previous bouts and demonstrating publicly for the f i r s t time a l l that he had learnt i n the gymnasium he proved himself the master of Gotes (Christs ) a probable 'blue' aooording to the '-"Times": - and won a well earned decision on points. 1
Baker owing to lack of a suitable Cambridge opponent was matohed with Riley of Westminster College another Hjfct Iheavyweight" from London. Punching crisply with both hands and maintaining a competent defence throughout the I. 0. man was able to earn the decision from his t a l l e r end longer reaching opponent. London lost the match 3-2. This evening (Feb. 10th) Baker, MoKenzie, Halsey sad Palmer w i l l again be representing the University. This time against Oxford. The I. C. Championships and Intercollege competition for the Rector's Cup w i l l be held on Tuesday March 6th i n the Snack bar 7p-m. Entries are welcome. Training.
So far this term the 1st team have not upheld the fine standard of play that they set for themselves lastterm. In i l l , 5 matches have been played and only one of these ended with a favourable result for I. C. This was against Wimbledon, who were defeated by 4-1. The other matches were against King's College, St. Edmunds Ball Oxford, vjueen's Cambridge, and St. George's Hospital. The significant and diasapoj nting feature of these defeats i s that a l l of the above- mentioned matches were return fixtures, the team being victorious i n a l l instances during the 1st term. Attention must be drawn to the second team whioh under the Captaincy of C.A. Whitmore i s showing vast enthusiasm and competition for places i s keen. Participants i n ths Whitely Cup tournament are asked to see that their matches are flayed within the specified ' dates of the respective"rounds.
w TABLE-TENNIS The results of last Monday's table-tennis match were the moat encouraging of the term. The match was played against Fureedown's 2nd. team, and the f i n a l scare was 7-3. I.C.W.A. succeeded i n winning s i x out of nine of the singles, and the doubles match. squash On Wednesday, January 25th., we lost to L.S.E. 3-2 after games of tost pitched-battle tjpe, a l l ranks finishing up exhausted but friendly. 1 than a deep freeze i s required to stop am I.CW.S.C nscball team. On Saturday February 4th., they slithered to a •tb-12 victory over Furaedowa 2nd. This was am unexpected t r i -
The olub has work out at 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursday i n the I. C. 'gym' and instruction at U.L.U. on Thursday, 6-8.
Y By popular request, the Hockey Club has decided to appear i n print once more. We feel that we should do this in answer to the many letters of commiseration whioh we have received, and also i n order to correct the faulty reporting in the last issue of this publication. Sinoe the term began, the 1st XI have played s i x games. The results are as follows:l s t XI v Old Creightonians 'A' XI v Epsom Gypsies 1st XI v University College " Harrow * Kings College " Cable College Oxford
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The win against Kebje College was particularly pleasing, as we fielded a weakened side due to imminent examinations. The side played with a s p i r i t which was not dampened by the weather or, later, by the broken shaft sustained by our coach two minutes after leaving the Royal Oak at Oxford. The second and third teams have not won a match since Christmas, but drinking form i s being maintained. The mixed eleven played a very enjoyable away game, against the Guinness Hookey Club. The fact that an inebriated side did not return u n t i l late at night speaks for i t s e l f .
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